Reply #48: I wouldn't say it was horrible

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so much. Anything (musically) had to be better than Disco. I pretty much spent the 70s listening to fading 60s bands, John Denver and other socially relevant artists and the beginnings of a solid affection for classical music. TV introduced us to many long lasting shows that had good messages--MacGyver, of course was my favorite, but ST:TNG was another.

The music of the 80s brought some light back into my life--Rock/pop suddenly was halfway decent for me.

Government was fucked up, yes--but not more so than today. It's sometimes difficult to sense the "good things" when we're living through so many "bad things" but to be honest, the 80s had the last vestiges of limited communication--we should have relished some of those last days when personal computers still only existed in the minds of programmers, geeks and nerds.